Coaches Compare

Compare coach careers on the same scale.

See top-line edges, side-by-side profiles, overlaid career arcs, and school-stop comparisons in one matchup view.

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Gary NordDean Pees

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Narrow edge

Edge: Gary Nord

Gary Nord: 15th pct vs Dean Pees: 10th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Decisive edge

Edge: Gary Nord

Gary Nord: 41st pct vs Dean Pees: 21st pct

Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.

Consistency

Clear edge

Edge: Dean Pees

Dean Pees: 18th pct vs Gary Nord: 3rd pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Dean Pees vs Gary Nord

Dean Pees: 0 titles vs Gary Nord: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Narrow edge

Edge: Dean Pees

Dean Pees: 6 seasons vs Gary Nord: 4 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Gary Nord

Gary Nord: 29.2% vs Dean Pees: 25.0%

Raw career win rate, not a normalized score.

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Dean Pees and Gary Nord look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Similar

Dean Pees and Gary Nord look similar in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Gary Nord

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -19.7

8th pct

Lower end

Dean Pees

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -18.1

10th pct

Lower end

Career Arc Overlay

Overlay the same SRS scale to compare where each career climbed faster, held steadier, peaked higher, or dipped harder.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Gary NordDean Pees

EliteStrongAverageLean

Higher peak

Gary Nord reached the best single-season peak.

Steadier stretch

Dean Pees sustained the steadier arc.

1998Actual season year • SRS range -33.0 to 2.72003

Active comparison point

Gary Nord • 2000

Selected

2000 UTEP

Best season

8-4 • SRS 2.7 • SP Overall 8.1

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

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SP Off / Def

39.4 / 33.5

Finish

Unranked

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Comparison context

Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.

Dean Pees

Nearest year 2000 • Kent State

Profile

1-10 • SRS -26.3 • SP Overall -25.0

Gary Nord holds a 29.0-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +24.8 SP offense

Tenure comparison

Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.

School	Years	Seasons	Record	Avg SRS	Peak
Gary Nord
UTEP	2000-2003	4	14-34	-19.5	2.7Highest peak
Dean Pees
Kent State	1998-2003	6	17-51	-19.8	-6.6Longest stop

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher ceiling

Gary Nord

14-34 • 29.2% • 4 seasons • 0 titles

2.7 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

UTEP 2000

SRS 2.7

Worst Season

UTEP 2003

SRS -27.7

Biggest Improvement

UTEP 2003

-0.7 SRS

Steadier arc

Dean Pees

17-51 • 25.0% • 6 seasons • 0 titles

18th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Kent State 2001

SRS -6.6

Worst Season

Kent State 1998

SRS -33.0

Biggest Improvement

Kent State 2001

19.7 SRS